We examine the outcomes of the regular announcements of observing opportunities for ESA’s X-ray observatory XMM-Newton issued between 2001 and 2021. We investigate how success rates vary with the lead proposer’s gender, “academic age” and the country where the proposer’s institute is located. The large number of proposals (10,579) and more than 20 years operational lifetime enable the evolution of community proposing for XMM-Newton to be examined. We determine proposal success rates for high-priority and all proposals using both the numbers of accepted proposals and the amounts of awarded observing time. We find that male lead proposers are between 5–15% more successful than their female counterparts in obtaining XMM-Newton observations. The gender balance and the percentage of successful young proposers are comparable to those of HST after the introduction of dual-anonymous reviewing of HST proposals. We investigate potential correlations between the female-led proposal success rates and the amount of female participation in the Time Allocation Committee. We propose additional investigations to better understand the outcomes presented here.
XMM-Newton Observing Time Proposals
ISSI Scientific Report Ser.
08.08.2024
36 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Science productivity , Science results , Users’ Group , XMM-Newton , Announcement of observing opportunities , Open time , Panel members , Panel chairs , Observing priorities , Proposers’ institutes countries , Academic age , Regional dependence , Proposal acceptance rates , Over-subscription , Gender balance , Time allocation committee , Gender , Peer review , Dual-anonymous reviews Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology , Physics and Astronomy , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Physics
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